Trends come and go, but there are App Store categories of apps that have been consistently popular since its launch. These applications include various photo editing tools. Not surprising when you consider the fact that photography is one of the most popular use cases not only iPhone, but any other modern smartphone. Faded is a photo editor for iPhone whose developers decided to go the way of creating an all-in-one product. And today we will try to figure out whether they really managed to create a universal tool for photo editing … To get started, click on the hamburger menu icon on the left – a number of options become available, among which we are primarily interested in the possibility of choosing an image – to make a snapshot using the camera or upload a finished photo from the device library: 
The selected image is loaded onto the canvas, and processing tools grouped by categories become available on the right side. Filters come first in the list: 
The second group – settings for controlling parameters such as sharpness, contrast, saturation, exposure, color temperature and others: 
The third large group is filters, some of which are free, while the rest can be accessed through internal purchases. Among them there are quite unusual and interesting specimens: 
For example, just one click is enough to turn an ordinary photo into a kind of vintage photo with torn edges: 
You can switch from filter to filter by a simple swipe, and saving the history of operations allows you to return to any previous action. Such classic features of photo editors as cropping and others are also available, moreover, with a set of advanced options: 
Combinations of effects used can be saved as presets, which can then be reapplied to other images. The results can be shared on social networks, or exported to a built-in folder, and in high resolution. All in all, Faded's capabilities are impressive, with most of them available for free. And most importantly, the usability of the application is implemented at a high level, it is really convenient to use it! This is one of the best photo editors I have ever come across. Considering the relatively low price, it can be recommended for purchase with confidence.
